Theory of side-Chain liquid crystal polymers: Bulk behavior and chain conformation

Macromolecules

Volumn 43, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 10096-10106

  Wang, Rui ^a   Wang, Zhen Gang ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK BEHAVIOR; CHAIN CONFORMATIONS; COUPLING EFFECT; COUPLING STRENGTHS; GLOBAL COUPLING; GRAFT DENSITY; GRAFTING DENSITIES; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; LOCAL COUPLING; NEMATIC ORDER; NEMATIC PHASE; NEW MODEL; PHASE TRANSITION TEMPERATURES; POLYMER BACKBONES; RELATIVE STRENGTH; SELF-CONSISTENT FIELD; SIDE-CHAIN; SIDE-CHAIN LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMER; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUIDS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

CONFORMATIONS;

EID: 78651315707     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma101805d     Document Type: Article

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